CIP 5138 · Associate's Degree · Oakland Community College

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Oakland Community College

Federal outcomes for associate's degree graduates of Oakland Community College. 120 completers in the most recent 4-year window (124 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $65,602.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$65,602
Michigan CIP-4 median $72,767
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$58,094
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$11,318
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
120
124 most recent year
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at Oakland Community College

2.3%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $11,318 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $65,602.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

2.1%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Michigan CIP 5138 peer-median earnings $72,767.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142018$11,318
$14,724$11,31820142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 20142019120
145720142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20142018-23%

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Oakland Community College · debt_median fell

14,724 → 11,318

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this program

Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
$615,790
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 2
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 2year 0year 39
Cost per year
$5,852
HS-only baseline · MI
$36,900
Years to complete
2
CIP family
51

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 5138

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing across Michigan institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Michigan Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →